These Illinois Universities Are Among the Best in the U.S. According to a New Ranking

Illinois is home to four of the country’s top universities according to a recent ranking from U.S. News and World Report. The recently released 100 Best Colleges list features four entries from the prairie state, including two in [Chicago](https://secretchicago.com/things-to-do-chicago-october/). Behind the data --------------- U.S. News and World Report formulated its college rankings by analyzing data like graduation and retention rates, post-college earnings, and borrower debt averages. Two Chicagoland universities made the top 10 schools. The University of Chicago claimed the highest spot on the list locally, coming in at the number 6 national spot trailing the likes of Yale and Stanford. Just behind UChicago, Northwestern University in suburban Evanston claimed the number 7 spot. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign made the top 50 schools, coming in at number 36, while the University of Illinois Chicago took the number 84 slot. Click here to view the full list and see if your alma mater made the cut! Source: https://secretchicago.com/illinois-universities-ranked-among-best-in-the-nation/